Big Bad Blog Video Theater-Io Shirai vs Charlotte Flair

Here's the match video of Charlotte Flair defending her NXT Women's Championship against Io Shirai from last night's episode of NXT. It's a pretty good match except for the finish. The real problem with this match was the lame brained shortsighted decision to put this belt on Charlotte at Wrestlemania in the first place. Supposedly this was done because the WWE thought that Charlotte could help the NXT ratings. So what do they do after a misguided decision like that? How the hell are they supposed to get the belt off her once she has it? The answer is they shouldn't have put it on her in the first place. And that's why this match ends with a lame DQ finish when Charlotte hit Io with a kendo stick. The match was fairly even up to that point. I thought they were just getting going and they could have gone another ten minutes. The size difference didn't matter as Io can hold her own with anyone. And BTW, the size difference is much wider than how Beth Phoenix described it on commentary. Charlotte is almost a foot taller than Io and about 40 pounds heavier. After the finish, Rhea Ripley runs Charlotte off. Io is not happy to see her. So I guess we're going to see a match between those two. And I'd prefer to see those two wrestle for the title. So again, it all goes back to the very stupid and unnecessary decision to put the belt on Charlotte. The NXT women's division does not need Charlotte Flair. Enjoy the video!